Wu Yi

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier and member of the Leading Party Member Group of the State Council.

Wu Yi, a native of Wuhan, Hubei Province, was born in November 1938. She joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1962 and began to work in August 1962. She graduated from the Oil Refinery Department of the Beijing Petroleum Institute where she had majored in oil refinery engineering. She is a university graduate and a senior engineer. She is now a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, State Councilor and member of the Leading Party Member Group of the State Council.

1956-1962: Studied at the National Defense Department of the Northwest Polytechnic Institute and the Oil Refinery Department of the Beijing Petroleum Institute, majoring in oil refinery engineering.

1962-1965: Technician of a workshop and staff member of the Political Department of the Lanzhou Oil Refinery.

1965-1967: Technician of the production division, Production and Technology Department of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry.